To be clear, I don’t have any inside information telling me this. But if you take a look at this roster, it’s evident—whether he plays four or 24 minutes a night—that Morrow is the closest approximation to what this team needs. I would be stunned if he somehow isn’t suited up in Phoenix for the first game of the 2017-18 season for the Trail Blazers.
Despite Morrow’s struggles from outside last season during the Russell Westbrook one-man-band tour—shooting less than 30 percent before he rebounded with the Bulls—he’s an elite outside shooter, connecting on nearly 42 percent of his threes over his career.